MacPaw launches CleanMyMac CLI, a command-line tool for macOS that cleans developer caches, build artifacts, and AI coding junk. Now in beta, installable via Brew. https://coywolf.com/news/web-development/macpaw-releases-cleanmymac-cli-for-cleaning-developer-and-ai-environments-on-macos/

MacPaw releases CleanMyMac CLI for cleaning developer and AI environments on macOS

MacPaw launches CleanMyMac CLI, a command-line tool for macOS that cleans developer caches, build artifacts, and AI coding junk. Now in beta, installable via Brew.

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@davew, creator of RSS 2.0, built RSS Chat using open web standards to create a simple way to chat and follow conversations. https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/you-can-now-chat-using-rss-well-sort-of/

You can now chat using RSS

Dave Winer, creator of RSS 2.0, built RSS Chat using open web standards to create a simple way to chat and follow conversations.

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@panic has announced Transmit 6, a major upgrade to its file transfer app after years in maintenance mode. It features a redesigned interface, persistent activity view, the return of Transmit Disk for mounting remote shares in Finder, scheduled syncs, and a faster sync engine […]

Coywolf Link Checker is a free, open-source WordPress plugin that checks internal and external broken and redirected links, with inline editing, removal, and replacement. It supports scheduled auto-scans with email notifications and configurable scan speed, user roles, and custom user agents […]

Coywolf Code Block Enhancer is a lightweight, open-source WordPress plugin built with Claude's help that brings performant syntax highlighting to native code blocks. https://coywolf.com/notes/code-block-enhancer-syntax-highlighter-and-code-copier-plugin-for-native-wordpress-code-blocks/ […]

@coywolf note: After upgrading to WordPress 7.0, custom Classic theme styles disappear entirely from the Post editor, leaving unstyled text and browser defaults, though a fix is available. https://coywolf.com/notes/wordpress-7-breaks-classic-theme-post-edit-styles-heres-how-to-fix-it/ #WordPress

WordPress 7 breaks Classic theme post edit styles; here's how to fix it

After upgrading to WordPress 7.0, custom Classic theme styles disappear entirely from the Post editor, leaving unstyled text and browser defaults, though a fix is available.

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@1password's April 2026 blog post about using AI to refactor internal code sparked backlash from users worried about security, prompting a follow-up clarification that the AI work involved only internal operational systems, not customer vaults or cryptographic protections, and that all changes […]

Cloudflare WARP replaced its simple, joy-inducing menu bar modal with a large utilitarian settings window, losing the compact single-purpose design that apps like Ubiquiti's UniFi Endpoint still get right. https://coywolf.com/notes/cloudflare-ruined-warps-ux/ #UX #Cloudflare #AppDesign #MacOS

Cloudflare ruined WARP's UX

Cloudflare WARP replaced its simple, joy-inducing menu bar modal with a large utilitarian settings window, losing the compact single-purpose design that apps like Ubiquiti's UniFi Endpoint still get right.

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Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode, and other AI search results will start returning more links to sites relevant to queries and chat prompts. https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-ai-search-experiences-will-soon-show-more-open-web-links/ #AI #SEO #Google

Google AI search experiences will soon show more open web links

Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode, and other AI search results will start returning more links to sites relevant to queries and chat prompts.

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@tg's latest essay is inspiring and hopeful. https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

The Boring Internet

The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

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Google says AI agents only need well-coded semantic HTML, good accessibility, and clean rendering to comprehend and interact with sites. https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-says-you-dont-need-mcp-or-markdown-to-make-your-site-agentic-friendly/ #AI #Google #SEO

Google says you don't need MCP or Markdown to make your site agentic-friendly

Google says AI agents only need well-coded semantic HTML, good accessibility, and clean rendering to comprehend and interact with sites.

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RSS, ATOM, and JSON feeds may be getting a much-needed update to the spec with the addition of Byline, which provides structured identity (AKA: author details) for syndication feeds. The proposal was created by @tg, maker of the popular Current RSS reader […]

LinkedIn is a centralized, career-focused social platform that many feel they must be on, whether they like it or not. But what if there was a better way? One that didn't control your feed, that respected your privacy, wasn't full of cringeworthy posts, and was completely open? […]

ReportGarden sold its analytics platform, Gauges, to Fathom Analytics. Fathom will leverage its experience in creating a GA4 importer to migrate Gauges' historical site data to its real-time, privacy-first analytics platform, providing Gauges' customers with a viable path forward […]

The German government's @sovtechfund has awarded hundreds of thousands of Euros to @Mastodon to address key infrastructure challenges faced within the fediverse ecosystem […]

The German government's @sovtechfund has awarded hundreds of thousands of Euros to @Mastodon to address key infrastructure challenges faced within the fediverse ecosystem […]

TinyStart is a fast, minimalist launcher for macOS by @nileane that focuses on the essentials: opening apps, folders, links, and search engines. https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/tinystart-is-the-spotlight-search-alternative-ive-always-wanted/ #Productivity #MacOS

'TinyStart' is the Spotlight Search alternative I've always wanted

TinyStart is a fast, minimalist launcher for macOS that focuses on the essentials: opening apps, folders, links, and search engines.

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Why Claude has @jon's attention https://coywolf.com/newsletter/why-claude-has-my-attention/ This latest newsletter is available to free accounts, which you can sign up for here: https://account.coywolf.com/register

Why Claude has my attention

Claude outperforms every other chatbot in accuracy and its use of open web reference links. It's also an effective vibe-coding app. The post Why Claude has my attention appeared first on Coywolf.

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The February 2026 Trunk & Tidbits is posted. Our monthly engineering update, including progress on 4.6, our AI contribution policy, upcoming end-of-life for version 4.3, some posts about the Share button, and more. #MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Mastodon […]

@Mastodon now has an official share button for sites https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-now-has-an-official-share-button-for-sites/

Mastodon now has an official share button for sites

The share button solves the problem of Mastodon users being on unique servers. It can also be customized and dynamically generated.

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@joost announced that FAIR will no longer focus on WordPress and will instead invest its resources in TYPO3. Those who no longer want to use FAIR's connector plugin but still want the feature that serves avatars locally rather than from Gravatar can do so with a new standalone plugin […]

@joost announced that FAIR will no longer focus on WordPress and will instead invest its resources in TYPO3. Those who no longer want to use FAIR's connector plugin but still want the feature that serves avatars locally rather than from Gravatar can do so with a new standalone plugin […]

@iftas this should happen this year for Mastodon @evan

Customers of Fathom Analytics can now connect to and associate Google Search Console data with their sites, and report on Google referrer data directly in their dashboard […]

AISI research shows that AI can assist with basic tasks in the workplace but falls short on tasks that require higher-order thinking. https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/new-study-reveals-where-ai-excels-and-fails-in-the-workplace/ #AI

New study reveals where AI excels and fails in the workplace

AISI research shows that AI can assist with basic tasks in the workplace but falls short on tasks that require higher-order thinking.

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There's finally a device that securely connects all your devices to your home internet while traveling, without configuring a VPN. https://coywolf.com/reviews/products/the-unifi-travel-router-makes-securely-connecting-to-your-home-network-while-away-a-breeze/ #Privacy #Travel

The UniFi Travel Router makes securely connecting to your home network while away a breeze

There's finally a device that securely connects all your devices to your home internet while traveling, without configuring a VPN.

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Why not learn while you also doom scroll? This demonstration of how social media algorithms work is also fun to use. https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/you-can-now-doom-scroll-wikipedia/ #SocialMedia

You can now doom scroll Wikipedia

Why not learn while you also doom scroll? This demonstration of how social media algorithms work is also fun to use.

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After the Publishing Maintenance Working Group surveyed publishers, tool developers, reading system developers, independent authors, ebook retailers, social DRM providers, conversion vendors, distributors, and readers, they determined that adding HTML to EPUB was too challenging for now […]

In 1993, web design didn't really exist — you couldn't even change the background color of your web page from grey. But Mosaic launched the first era of visual web design with the IMG tag, and soon after an MTV VJ improbably created one of the first commercial websites […]

Google is adding the next-gen JXL image format back to Chrome after controversially removing it in 2022. Will re-adding it breathe new life into the format, or is it too late? https://coywolf.com/news/web-development/jpeg-xl-jxl-is-coming-back-to-chrome/ #WebDev #Chrome #Google

JPEG XL (JXL) is coming back to Chrome

Google is adding the next-gen JXL image format back to Chrome after controversially removing it in 2022. Will re-adding it breathe new life into the format, or is it too late?

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